To find: To find the total distance of the pavement.
Answer to Problem 48E
The total distance of the payment is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The distance travelled by the ball before first strike with the pavement is
Formula used:
If the sequence of partial sum has a limit as
Calculation:
Maximum height attained by the ball after first strike with the pavement
Distance travelled by the ball after first strike and before second strike with the pavement is equal to
The total distance is
Calculating
It is a geometric series.
The sum of the infinite geometric series whose ratio is less than
Put
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